What kind of domain name helps in SEO?
In this tutorial, we will learn about the domain names helps in SEO.
Domain name is the name of a website. For example, T4tutorials.com and google.com are two different domain names.
Tips for naming a domain
1. Try to avoid digits.
Most users search text not digit.
Bad Approach | Good Approach |
www.education786.com | www.education.com |
www.english123.com | www.english.com |
2. Make it pronounceable.
Used the words that are easy to understand
Bad Approach | Good Approach |
www.Lecturesofcs.com | www.lectures.com or www.CS.com |
3. Make short domain names.
Bad Approach | Good Approach |
www.abcdefgh.com | www.abc.com |
4. Intelligently chose the domain.
Domain | Target | Good / Bad |
www.Lectures.com | Pakistani community | Bad approach |
www.Lectures.pk | Pakistani community | Good approach |
5. Use domain name with the keyword with the high ranking.
Some keywords are searched by a large community. For example, jobs and weather are keywords that are approximately searched by every person daily.
6. A domain name represents your main idea.
If you are starting a website for education purpose the .edu is the best solution as compared to .com or other domain. Further before edu, you should also choose a word related to your website.
7. Always chose a top-level domain.
Try to avoid subdomains or bottom level domains.
Domain | Type | Good / Bad |
T4tutorials.com |
Top level domain | Good approach |
Slides.t4tutorials.com |
Sub/ Bottom level domain | Bad approach |
8. Typing Errors and person reached to your website.
Peoples are mostly typed wrong words. For example, many people search facebook.com but in some cases, they typed a wrong alphabet like l instead j.
The user wants to search | Speeling mistake | User reachs |
Facebook.com | Facebool.com | facebool.com |
Facebook.com
Facebooj.com or facebool.com
9. Legalities
Don’t purchase a domain with negative past history.
Some domains are of a negative status. Domains with negative status are strongly discouraged by search engines. To avoid such domains.